Auxiliary seat



April 2, 1935. A s E I 1,996,074

AUXILIARY SEAT Filed May 18, 1952 l 3nventor 8g e. 2; WW (Ittorueg Patented Apr. 2, 1935 AUXILIARY sEA'r 'iiav'iii L; see, A

Salle administrator. of said deceased Application'May 18, 1932, Serial N0. 612,109 v 2' Claims.

This invention is an auxiliary seat designed to be attached to desks, tables and-the like;

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a seat which may be easily and readily mounted upon a desk orlike article of furniture in such a manner as to conveniently support a clerk or otherperson-in comfortable working position with respect thereto. .Afurther object is to provide a seat of the character described, so mounted that it may be quickly moved back and forth along the front of the desk, and be operative in any position to which it may have been moved. A further object is to provide a seat of the character ,mentioned which may be attached to desks, tables or the like now in common use without.necessitating alteration of the desk or table structure. Y

The invention will 'be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Figure l is a perspective view of a desk showing the seat attached thereto. illustrating the desk in vertical cross section, and the-seat attachment in side elevation. Figure 3 is a top plan view of the seat attachment. v

Referring to the drawing, I 0 conventionally designates a typical high desk of the type commonly employed in manymercantile and other business establishments. In this connection it is to be understood that this type of desk has been selected solely for purposes of illustration and without intent to limit the invention thereto, because as will clearly appear, the invention is applicable to desks, tables and similar structures of various different designs. 7 I

'As illustrated, the desk [0 is provided with supporting legs I I, which are braced by the upper and lower cross bars l2 and I3 respectively. The lower cross bars are connected by a bracing rod M common to desks of this type, said rod serv- 7 ing as one rail of a track upon whichthe seat is adjustably mounted. Depending fromthe cross pieces 1 2 are brackets l5 in which is mounted the ends of a second bar or rail l6.

The seat assembly comprises a narrow body member, having an integral hub'portion 20 at the upper end thereof. A curved base-bearing arm 2| extends from the underside of'said body member from a position directly beneath the hub portion. Said base bearing'memberffl, is extended downwardly and forwardly with respect to the. hub portion, and provided with a split bearing 22 which slidably engages the brace rod or track M. The side portions of the body memher are merged into two arm-like drop-hanger Figure 2 is a View members 23, which are laterally curved so as to widely diverge as they leave the body member,

and are alsocurved upwardly and rearwardly,

the extremities of thearm-like members being extended into parallel relation and each provided with split bearings 24 having openings to slidably engage the brace rodfor track member l6. If desired, the bearings may be provided with anti-frictionmembers, such as the balls 25 which: may be supported in any well known manner. It is preferred to cast the seat assembly S, the base bearing member 2! and the drop hanger mem-' bers 23 as a single integral unit.

The seat member '26 is preferably provided with a threaded stem 2'i','which engages complemental threads upon the interior of the hub 28, so that the height of the seat with respect to the desk may be adjusted.

In practice, the bearing members 22 and '24 are separated to permit engagement of the.mem-,

bers 2i and 23 with the respective rods l4 and it, after which the removable portionsof the bearing members are secured in position in a manner which is well understood in the art.

- The seat will then be slidably mounted'upon the rods or tracks l4 and I6, and may be easily and freely moved along the front of the desk H! ,to v

any desired position;

The'advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which it belongs. For instance, it will benotedthata very simple three-point support seat attachment is provided which may be readily and easily mounted upon a table, desk or'the like, and so arranged as'to' conveniently seat a person who desires to work at the desk. A further advantage lies in the fact that the seat may be readily moved to any position along the front of the desk, and i may be easily moved to one side at anytime that the clerk or other person using the desk desires; to stand in the position which may have been temporarily occupied by the seat. 'An important 7 1. A seat assembly of thecharacter described comprisinga body member, a seat member supported by the body member, and a three-point supporting means for said body member consisting-01a pair of diverging drop-hanger members projecting forwardly and upwardly from the sides v 'of the body member, said drop-hanger members forward extremities of the drop hanger members and of said "base bearing member having means to slidably engage spacedapart track members.

2'. The combination with a desk having support members at each end, and vertically spaced brace members connecting said support members, 01 a body member, a seat member supported by the;

1,990,074 H V V t body member, and'a three-point support for said I 1 body member consisting of a pair of diverging drop-hanger members projecting rearwardly' and in parallel relation, a base-bearing member projecting rearwardly anddownwardlyl from the. V underside of the body member in a vertical plane V intermediately between, the drop-hanger; memr bers, and bearingsin the forward extremities of said drop hanger members and of said base bearing member, said brace member's'ib'eing passed through thebearings in such manner. as toslidably support the seatrmemberr bavnjgr. LA SALLE.

upwardly from the side: portions of the ,body member and having their forward ends arranged 

